Elizabeth Rembert
Reporter, Nebraska Public MediaI cover food, agriculture and rural communities for Harvest Public Media. I’m based at Nebraska Public Media in Lincoln, Nebraska.
I’m a born-and-raised Nebraskan, from a rural community in the northeast part of the state. My family’s farm gave me an early perspective on how agriculture’s impact on food, culture, the environment, the economy … the list goes on.
I studied journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and graduated in 2019. I spent a little over two years with Bloomberg News in New York City before returning home to report on Midwest stories full time.
If you have story ideas for me or just want to say hi, feel free to reach out via email erembert@nebraskapublicmedia.org or follow me on Twitter @Ekrembert.
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Just four companies dominate the beef processing market. That means higher prices for consumers and lower prices for ranchers, who — with cattle feeders — are trying to build their own meat plants.
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Just four companies dominate the beef processing market. That means higher prices for consumers and lower prices for ranchers. Now they and cattlefeeders are organizing to build their own meat plants
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A highly concentrated beef market has meant higher prices for consumers and lower returns for the people raising the animals. Some ranchers in the Midwest and Great Plains want a new option by organizing their own processing plants. -
Dryness in the Great Plains and Midwest has choked out crops. Recent rains have been a godsend. Climatologists predict cooler, wetter weather that may help loosen the region's years-long drought.
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Crickets chirp faster when it’s hotter outside, according to an old scientific observation. As parts of the world experience record-breaking heat, they’ll be especially busy this summer. -
Dryness in the Great Plains began spreading east this year, affecting much of the Midwest and endangering crops, livestock and river shipping. Recent rains have been a god-send, but will it be enough to loosen the years-long drought? -
A small number of cities and towns across the U.S. have passed local laws banning abortions within their borders. It's a growing effort following the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade.
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Voluntary conservation is embraced by some farmers who get payments. But some governors are comparing the Biden administration's new plan to step up conservation goals to a government takeover.
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Voluntary conservation is embraced by some farmers who get payments. But some governors are comparing Biden's new plan to up conservation goals to a government takeover.
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Drought is likely to cut wheat harvests by one-third in Kansas. Declines in the country's top wheat producing state are likely to mean higher prices for flour, bread and pasta.
